Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic

The Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic is the classic Italian dive watch that’s been updated with modern precision and construction. The Luminor features a 42-hour power reserve, automatic mechanical movement and Panerai personalized oscillating weight. It’s water resistant to a depth of 300 meters with a screw down stainless-steel or titanium case. The brown strap with the squared Panerai case provides you with the classic diver look.

There are dive watches and then there are dive watches. The Panerai is the latter with more style and machismo than any other watch in this category. The thick watch case combined with the wide strap and large buckle closure is the dive watch that so many others have attempted to imitate. The secret to the Panerai appeal is the utterly simple watch face. While other dive watches have rotating unidirectional bezels, chronograph functions and special dial markers the Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic relies on sparse numeral placement and nothing else. If you’re diving, then you can do the math. If you’re just wearing it around town, then you don’t need a bezel to tell you when the movie will start.

As for style, the Luminor Marina Automatic will never lose its appeal and the construction of this high-end diver virtually ensures that you’ll have to decide to destroy it. It’s that well made. The no frills nature of this watch is what ensures years of great service. With so much less on the watch to go wrong you simply don’t have to worry about having it serviced unless you’re actually wearing it for diving.